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| Microsoft Office Professional 2007 FULL VERSION | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $499.95
Buy New: $170.00
You Save: $329.95 (66%)
New (75) Used (5) from $170.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  158 reviews
Sales Rank: 20
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Professional
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
nv:Software Type: Office Productivity
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 26911094
Model: 269-11094
UPC: 882224263610
EAN: 0882224263610
ASIN: B000HCVR30
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 A Downgrade October 22, 2007
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
I almost never write a review for a product online. In this case, I felt obligated.
In absolute terms, Office 2007 is an incredibly useful piece of software. But who cares? The relevant point here is that the 2007 suite is a HUGE downgrade from previous versions. The interfaces are much more complicated and less useful, and the .docx extension in Word is problematic. Unless you have a specific reason to purchase this software that you're already aware of, there's no reason to buy this product.
Lost Production = Lousy Product October 17, 2007
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
I feel like I really gave this version of office a fair chance. I have tried and tried to adapt to it, but I just can't get over the fact I have lost productivity based on having to relearn software I felt I was pretty good at using. I now do more hunting and clicking for features where I once knew where everything was and now the new interface is one gigantic mess. I feel that Microsoft really blew it this time; I suppose its par for the course with the rest of the lousy products they have released this year. (But that's another review). Clearly we have run out of ideas for evolving a word processor if you have to completely revamp the interface. I read an article once published by Microsoft indicating the reason for the redesign was because there were a lot of features buried in menus and dialog boxes that few people knew about. If people are not using certain features, maybe the majority just don't care and want to use a word processor for something like... oh I don't know, typing a document.
The new interface for Word and Excel I can deal with, I don't like, but if I had to keep it, I could deal with it. Access on the other hand is a complete disaster. I hate it. It appears to me that somebody got really board and went crazy with the outlook style collapsible sidebars. The interface is so convoluted; it used to be so easy to switch between forms, queries, and table with the tabbed window. I do like the new ability to save to previous versions of Access (finally).
So with that said, I must admit, I really like the new Outlook 2007. It is the only application in the suite that Microsoft actually improved the product and didn't butcher. I like the new side bars with the calendar events and to do lists. One option I wish Microsoft would implement is a way to configure all outlook folders to be the same settings when I change the settings for one folder. For example, I do not like the reading pane or the group by setting, which is the default setting for a new folder. It's a pain to have to go through each folder and set it up like my other folders.
Luckily we can have multiple versions of office installed on the same PC. I have removed Office 2007 and reinstalled Office 2003. BTW, a lesson learned: If you want both Office suites installed, install 2003 first then 2007. If you install 2007 first then 2003, bad things happen. So remove 2007 and install 2003 then 2007. I reinstalled Office 2003 on my PC and installed just Outlook 2007 and Word 2007. I wanted to keep Outlook 2007, but you will need Word as well for the spell checker (shared components) and Outlook also uses word as the email editor.
All in all, if you like Office 2003 or earlier and you want to remain productive without relearning software that you already know then I would recommend to stay away from this version. Other than Outlook, it really has nothing substantial to offer to make me want to stay with it, only misery, wasted time and headaches.
1 star for the Office Suite Applications (Word, Excel, Access) , 5 stars for Outlook 2007
 Darwin wouldn't like Office 2007 October 12, 2007
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I am not sure Darwin considered species that survive simply because they define the environment in which they survive. That is about why Office 2007 will presumably flourish. The product will get customers, only because its predecessors are ubiguitous in business world. Word 2007 is plenty OK; in no important way is it an improvement on Word 2003. Outlook 2007 is way less than that. Outlook freezes during the "send/receive" cylce, and no amount of disabling add-ins fixes this bug. Outlook uses Word as the email editor, so there are lots of "smart" formatting issues to overcome. Worse, there is some bizzare glitch in the display routine that, after one enters about 15 lines of text, causes the text window to reset to the top of the page. One has to "page down" or similar to get back to the proper place in the body of the email to enter more text. I am a middle-aged lawyer with an engineering education, and I am running Office on a new ThinkPad without any unconventional software, so these problems are not wholly attributable to consumer ignorance or weird software conflicts.
Good, but not quite there October 8, 2007
6 out of 12 found this review helpful
Two frustrations that I have dealt with. First, if you try to integrate your current merchant account by using the built-in Paypal gateway services that they recommend, forget about it. I have had to make 2 simple changes (like adding American Express) and each change cost me the better part of 1/2 day of work--maybe even more time.
Second, managing multiple users is just ridiculous. I have spent again about 4 hours searching microsoft.com just to get a detailed explanation of what "Owner" is versus "Accountant". I would like to limit some features of Microsoft Accounting for some people and I only get somethingl like 12 check marks to choose from. Quickbooks was much more user friendly than Microsoft Accounting 2007.
Lastly, somehow we did something to cause a transaction to be left out in cyberspace and everytime you click on it, you get "Line type is not supported." error and now the opening screen has been stuck for over 1 year saying that I owe this bill. Plus, forget about getting any type of support from Microsoft--try calling the toll-free number yourself and you will get nowhere.
Right now, I am trying to figure out how to get rid of this Accounting package for next year without interferring with business too much.
 Office professional October 6, 2007
2 out of 12 found this review helpful
Microsoft Office Professional 2007 FULL VERSION
This is all you need for all your microsoft works.
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